Detective Constable S Oake QGM

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 14 September 2006
Attended by: Mrs L. Oake performed the unveiling; attendees included Chief Constable Michael Todd, Police colleagues, and relatives of the deceased

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

94272

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Current location

Adjacent to the stone gatepost of number 4 Crumpsall Lane
Crumpsall Lane
Greater Manchester
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M8 4NN
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 83690 02410
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Polished granite stone, with an incised gold-painted inscription within a circle at the top. Beneath that section is the Greater Manchester Police crest, set within five vertical lines; at the foot of the stone 'The Police Memorial Trust' is in incised gold lettering.

Inscription

HERE FELL/ D.C./ STEPHEN/ OAKE/ QGM/ 14 JANUARY 2003

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Oake, Stephen
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Commemorations

Terrorist Acts
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Police rank, forename, surname, place of death, date of death
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Polished

Listing information

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Condition

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History

Unveiled on 14/9/2006, the memorial was vandalised in March 2007. The Police Memorial Trust therefore erected a replacement at the same site, which was reported as being in situ by October 2007. Following the posthumous award to Stephen Oake of the Queen's Gallantry Medal in January 2009, the postnominal 'QGM' was duly added to the stone by The Police Memorial Trust.

Costs

Comments: The original memorial and its subsequent replacement were both erected by The Police Memorial Trust.

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Corporate

Responsibility

The Police Memorial Trust

Reference

The Police Memorial Trust, which erected the memorial, has further details on its website (thepolicememorialtrust.org/dc-stephen-oake-qgm/ ), which includes the following notes: "DC Stephen Oake QGM 14th January 2003 40 years old Greater Manchester Police DC Oake was stabbed to death by a terrorist during a raid in Crumpsall, Manchester. He was posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal." (Details of The Police Memorial Trust and its history can be found on their website thepolicememorialtrust.org/ )
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Stephen_Oake
The BBC News Channel announced on 6/1/2009 that Stephen Oake had been posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7812707.stm
Manchester Evening News 20/10/2007: reported that a replacement for the damaged memorial had been installed on the same site by The Police Remembrance Trust: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/new-memorial-for-stephen-oake-1007912
Following the vandalism of the memorial in March 2007, a reward was offered by the Manchester Evening News, Greater Manchester Police and The Police Memorial Trust for information leading to the capture and conviction of the vandals: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/police-match-reward-to-catch-vandals-986445
The unveiling was reported by the BBC News channel, see news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/5336768.stm

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